Rail-anchor



W. M. MHCHELL.

RAIL ANCHGR.

APPLICATION FILED DIzc.22, IQIQ.

1,333,270. Patented Mar. 9,1920.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE..

WILLIAM m. MITCHELL, or LOUISVILLE, 'KEN-Toen.

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To' all whom it may concer/n.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. MITCHELL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and`useful Improvements in Rail-Anchors, of which I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a. art of this specification. i The invention consists .in the featu es of novelty hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and particularly pointed out in the'claims at the end of this specification. 4

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved .anchor as applied to the base fiange of a railway rail, the web of the rail being shown in horizontal section and a portion of a cross tiel being also shown. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the lower portion of the rail with the anchor removed. Fig 3 is a detail view in vertical section on line 3-3 `'of Fig. 2. Fig.

4 is a lview in end elevation of the anchor i Figs. 8 and 9 are views similar to Figs. 1 and 2 but showing a modified form of the anchor. Fig. 10 is a view in vertical section on line 10-10 o f Fig. 9. Figs. 11 and 12 are views similar to Figs. 4 and 5 but showing modificationsf of the anchor and of the stops on the base flange of the rail. Fig. 13 is a view similar to Fig. 8 but showing a modification of the parts.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A designates the railway rail, to one of the lflanges a of which mv improved anchor will beapplied; and B denotes the cross tie on which the rail A will rest. In the preferredv form of my invention, my improved anchor is made from a single piece of metal and its upper portion comprises a jaw adaptedto engage the base flange ofthe rail, while Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 9, 19`2/0.

Application led December 22, 1919. Serial No. 346,680.

its lower portion comprises an abutment adapted to engage with the cross tie B whereon the rail rests. The jaw of the anchor is formed with the upper member c adapted .to extend over the base `flange a of the rail and with a lower member c .that extends beneath and engages i the bottom surface of the base flange of the rail. From the inner edge of thev lower member c ofthe 'anchor jaw depends a member c2 with which is connected an abutment .member o8 that extends at right angles to the member c2 and is adapted to bear against the face of the tie B. My improved anchor 1s preferably made from a sheet of metal cut use, the inner end portionof the anchor will.

engage with the stop on the rail base flange and hold the anchor in secure engagement therewith. The stops a2 are preferably formed upon the outer surfaceof the base flange of the rail by welding onto the rail small portions of metal and this manner of forming the stops can be readily effected b v .the familiar welding processes now in common use, such for example, as .the oxyacetylene process. Preferably, the stop or stops a2 on the base flange of the rail have their upper surfaces downwardly and outwardly inclined, as at as, and preferably, also, the lower portion of the inner edge of the member c of the anchor jaw is inclined or beveled, as at o5, to enable the anchor to be more readily driven onto the base flange of the rail and to such position that the to form L-shaped blanks, from which blanks' l upper member o of the jaw shall interlock improved anchor-to the rail baseflange lis or sto s a2.'

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illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings; that is to say, the jaw of the anchor is slipped partially over the base flange a of, the rail until the inner edge. of the member a'engage's with the stop vor stops a of the rail base flange. Then, by means of a hammer, the anchor will be forced farther. over the base flange a until the hole or cutaway space 1n the upper member c of the anchor is above the stop or Asto s a?, when the resiliencyl of thel jaw mem er 'f' will cause this memenga-gement with the stop*4 \ly Letters Patent is ber to snap into If esired, my improved anchor may be applied to vthe rail base flange in the manner. illustrated in Fig. 7 o f the drawings. That is to say, the vupper jaw member c, at the time the anchor is slipped into engagement with the rail base flange, may stand at such angle with respect to the lower jaw memfberv o that the upper jaw member Awill pass over the stop a2 on' lthe base .flange a, after which, by means of a-suit able tool, the upper jaw member c will be forced downwardly so that the stop a2 shall enter the opening or -cut away space c4 of the upper jaw member. When this manner of applying the anchor is adopted, the inner edge ofthe jaw member c need not be beveled. v

When the upper jaw member c is formed with a plurality of holes or cut away spaces to engage a plurality of stops on the rail base flange, these holes or cut away spaces will be arranged at opposite'sides of the center of the anchor and adjacent theends of the upper jaw member 0,' vbut if desired,

the upper jaw member may be formed with" a single hole 'or cut away space to receive a stop formed upon the base flange of the rail, this construction being illustrated in Fig. 6 of thedrawing. In Fig. 6, the upper member c of the anchor is formed with a single long hole or slot c4 and a single long` stop a2 will be formed upon the upper surface of the base flange a of the rail A.

In the forms of my invention illustrated inv Figs. 8 to' 12 of the drawings, the base flange a of the rail has stops a2 of somewhat different shape, these stops being provided at their ends with extensions a5 forming a recess between them to receive the down- `each of the parts ce is preferably beveled or inclined to ride over the inclined surfaces of the corresponding stops a2. By reference to Fig. 11, it will be seen'how the anchor is initially applied` to the base flange of the rail` A, aftenwhichv it `.will be forced. inward untilA it completely engages with the stops a2, as shown in- Fig. 12.

In Fig. 13, the construction of anchor v shown is similar to'that illustrated in Figs.

8-to '12 except that the u per member c *of the anchor jaw is' forme` centrally with a single depressed part or shoulder 0 and Ithe base flange of the rail is yformed with a single stop corresponding to the stops shown inv Fig. 9 of the drawing.

vHaving 4thus v-described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure `1. A rail anchor comprising a jaw to engagethe base flange of a rail and a part to engage a cross tie, the u per member of Vsaid jaw being flexible and eing provided with means to engage a stop on the rail.

2.- A rail anchor comprising a jaw to engage the' base flange of a rail and a depending abutment to engage a cross tie, the upper member of'said jaw being flexible and resilient and beingprovided with means to engage a stop on the rail.

3. A rail anchor comprising a aw adapted to engage thebase flange ofa rail and provided adjacent its opposite ends with means to 1engage' 'stops on the base flangeof the rai 4. A rail anchor comprising a jaw to engage the base flange of a rail and with a part to engage a cross tie, the` upper memer of said jaw being provided with means to engage a stop on the rail base flange and having its inner edge beveled to ride over said stop.

, 5.. A lrail anchor comprising a jawto engage the bas'e flange of a rail, and a part to engage a cross tie, and having a downwardly projecting part to engage a'stop on the base flange of the rail.

6. A rail anchor comprising a jaw to engage the base'flange of a rail, and a part to engage a cross tie, and having a downwardly projecting part to engage a stop on lthefbase flange of the rail, said last mentionedA part being formed by depressing ahaving a jaw to grip the basel flange of said rail, said anchor being provided with mea'ns to engage said stop.

9. The combination with a rail' having a stop thereon, of4 a rail anchor comprising a jaw to grip the base flange of said rail, the

upper member of said jaw being provided base flange provided with a stop formed vwith a downwardly projecting part or with side and end walls, and a rail anchor shoulder and the upper face of the rail base comprising a jaw adapted to grip the base 10 ange being provided With means to enga e Harige of the rail, the upper member of 5 said part or shoulder to hold the anchor 1n said jaw having a depending part adapted position upon the rail. to engage with said sto 10. The combination of a rail havingits WILLIA M. MITCHELL. 

